is down and out (verb) need: want something
Detalii: knead means to make into a uniform mass, as by folding, pressing, and stretching with the hands or manually manipulate someone's body usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes; a need (noun) is something required or wanted - need (verb) means to require or have a need of
Sinonime: at death's door, at end of rope, decaying, declining, disintegrating, done for, doomed, ebbing, fading, fated,
final, giving up the ghost, going, in extremis, moribund, mortal, on last leg, one foot in grave, passing, perishing, sinking, vanishing, withering
Antonime: creating, developing,
growing,
living, reviving